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| Backend service landed GDDR5 contract |
1/28/2010 |
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Winbond is set to kick off volume production of 1Gb GDDR5 using Elpida's designs starting in March. Walton appears the only supplier to provide Winbond with backend services for GDDR chips,
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| TI made profit focusing analog |
1/28/2010 |
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Net income of $655 million was accompanied by revenue of just more than $3 billion, up 21% year over year and 4% sequentially, and EPS (earnings per share) of $0.52, up 550% year over year and up 24% sequentially.
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| iPAD name is owned by European electronic company |
1/28/2010 |
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A search on the Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office of the European Union (OAMI) website proves that STMicroelectronics filed on Sept. 1 2000 the IPAD trade mark. The application number is 001843937.
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| IM Flash moves ahead equipping Singapore fab. |
1/28/2010 |
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''We believe that Micron is interested in increasing its market share position in NAND and is currently ordering tools for its Singapore fab,'' said Daniel Amir, an analyst with Lazard Capital Markets, in a report.
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| Large density Nand prices dropped |
1/27/2010 |
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Around 70-80% of 2-bit per cell chips used in entry-level flash drives and memory cards would be replaced by 3-bit per cell ones in 2010, as major NAND flash producers have stepped into mass production of 3- or even 4-bit per cell chips for better production efficiency.
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| Chip market on the up cycle |
1/27/2010 |
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Penn is convinced that the prolonged lack of capital spending on manufacturing capacity is going to produce shortages and that after a difficult decade average selling prices for chips are at last turning round. This together with the world's almost insatiable demand for electronic equipment which drives units upwards at about 10 percent per year on average is producing an "almost perfect recovery storm,"
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| 3D-TV goes into production |
1/27/2010 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Tuesday (Jan. 26) claimed to be the first company to commence mass production of panels for 3-D LED TVs and 3-D LCD TVs.
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| Taiwan Nanya has its worry on DRAM profit |
1/26/2010 |
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While everyone had predicted that the price of DDR2 would drop, they thought the loss of revenue would be made up by the shift to 50nm process technology and DDR3. However Nanya told Digitimes that it can't see how the new process will offer any significant contribution to its profitability until the second quarter.
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| SMIC totally out of DRAM business |
1/26/2010 |
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SMIC supplies one third of China's overall demand for SDRAM used in consumer electronics and home appliance applications such as refrigerators, digital TVs and portable media players. Its exit has pushed up spot market prices for 128Mb (16Mb×8) and 256Mb (32Mb×8) SDRAM chips.
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| Digital media takes quantum leap with Apple |
1/26/2010 |
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''To be sure, reading has now joined other forms of media (e.g., listening to music, watching videos) that have faced seismic shifts in distribution over the Internet, with far-reaching implications for traditional business models,''
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| Silicon MEM enables gyro on smartphone |
1/26/2010 |
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Today seven out of 10 games for the iPhone use the built-in MEMS accelerometer as a smart controller that allows users to tilt, shake and otherwise use motion to control games. It is expected in the future nearly every application-specific phone will use a MEMS gyroscope, in conjunction with an accelerometer, to make the user-interface to the applications fun and easy to use.
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| 3bit MLC Nand to take hold in 2010 |
1/25/2010 |
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Industry sources predict that the adoption of 3bpc NAND in the memory card market will be fast expanding in 2010. Some predict that 70 to 80 percent of two-bit-per-cell chips used in entry-level flash drives and memory cards will be replaced by 3bpc ones in 2010.
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| 3 camps to provide cloud media platform |
1/25/2010 |
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"It's a very nascent market for digital media—it's just three percent of the home video market—so it's way too early to declare winners and losers,"
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| Grace and Hua Hong NEC to build new fab. |
1/25/2010 |
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Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp and Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co. Ltd. (HHNEC) have begun construction of a 300-mm wafer fab at Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, according to local reports.
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| New optical memory saves power |
1/25/2010 |
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The indium phosphide membranes, are integrated onto passive silicon waveguide circuits, which allows different memory cells to be optically connected using silicon wires. It also allows the use of silicon-based microelectronics fabrication technology, making it a cost-effective solution.
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| Microsoft to launch Window Mobile 7 |
1/22/2010 |
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Microsoft will announce a date for the commercial availability of Window Mobile 7(WM7), according to sources familiar with Microsoft's roadmap.
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| Samsung to pay $900 Million to Rambus |
1/20/2010 |
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Samsung Electronics will pay abut $900 million over five years to license technology from Rambus Inc. under the terms an agreement that settles all litigation between the two companies.
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| Quanta to build third plant in China |
1/20/2010 |
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Quanta Computer has announced it will build a new production base in Chongqing, in addition to its two existing plants located in Songjiang and Changshu, China, according to a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).
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